Group Throwing Pirate Bay Support Party in Moscow Streets

What better way to send your love to your favorite legally questionable torrent discovery site than throwing a good old fashioned block party. BitTorrent supports in Moscow are throwing a party today in Pushkin Square in support of the Pirate Bay, whose current case will finally hear a verdict tomorrow.

What better way to send your love to your favorite legally questionable torrent discovery site than throwing a good old-fashioned block party? BitTorrent supporters in Moscow are doing just that today in Pushkin Square, in support of The Pirate Bay, whose current case will finally hear a verdict tomorrow.

The event will feature music by Simon and Shlimmen and open Wi-Fi for the downloading pleasure of all. "The trial of the Pirate Bay is an excellent example of how ugly, stupid companies motivated only by their greed and inertia, want to prevent people sharing music, movies, or anything, on a purely altruistic basis," said organizers of The Street Pirate Party in a statement released for the event.

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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